"Happy Birthday, Mister Bond."
Those words, if spoken by the adoring grandees of Hollywood, would convey distinct admiration and nostalgia for fifty years of "Bond, James Bond" since the release of Dr. No in October 1962. Spoken instead with a heavy Central European accent, they could be menacing and signal the presence of archfiend Ernst Stavro Blofeld, leader of the Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion known by the acronym SPECTRE, sometimes seen caressing a white cat, while giving orders and questioning the clandestine operations of his deputies.
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